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[03/13/14 - 03:08 PM]
Wednesday's Cable Ratings & Broadcast Finals: "Criminal Minds," "Modern Family" Top Charts in Viewers, Demos
By The Futon Critic Staff (TFC)

select final nielsen ratings
(national numbers for wednesday, march 12, 2014)

Here are the highlights of 53 ad-sustained programs that aired in primetime on the broadcast and cable networks last night, courtesy of TravisYanan:

Criminal Minds (9:00) - CBS
10.738 million viewers, #1; 2.959 million adults 18-49 (2.33 rating), #4

American Idol (8:00, 120 Minutes) - FOX
10.271 million viewers, #2; 3.060 million adults 18-49 (2.41 rating), #3

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (10:00) - CBS
10.148 million viewers, #3; 2.518 million adults 18-49 (1.98 rating), #5

Survivor: Cagayan (8:00) - CBS
9.659 million viewers, #4; 3.148 million adults 18-49 (2.48 rating), #2

Modern Family (9:00) - ABC
9.389 million viewers, #5; 4.370 million adults 18-49 (3.44 rating), #1

The Middle (8:00) - ABC
7.478 million viewers, #6; 2.500 million adults 18-49 (1.97 rating), #6

Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (9:00) - NBC
6.277 million viewers, #7; 2.089 million adults 18-49 (1.65 rating), #7

Chicago PD (10:00) - NBC
5.842 million viewers, #8; 2.049 million adults 18-49 (1.61 rating), #8

Suburgatory (8:30) - ABC
5.386 million viewers, #9; 1.969 million adults 18-49 (1.55 rating), #9

Nashville (10:00) - ABC
5.068 million viewers, #10; 1.768 million adults 18-49 (1.39 rating), #11

Revolution (8:00) - NBC
4.626 million viewers, #11; 1.640 million adults 18-49 (1.29 rating), #12

Mixology (9:30) - ABC
4.288 million viewers, #12; 1.951 million adults 18-49 (1.54 rating), #10

House Hunters (10:00) - HGTV
2.094 million viewers, #13; 0.722 million adults 18-49 (0.57 rating), #21

House Hunters International (10:30) - HGTV
1.961 million viewers, #14; 0.581 million adults 18-49 (0.46 rating), #24

Property Brothers (9:00) - HGTV
1.866 million viewers, #15; 0.744 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #20

NBA Regular Season: Trail Blazers at Spurs - ESPN
1.751 million viewers, #16; 1.066 million adults 18-49 (0.84 rating), #14

NBA Regular Season: Nets at Heat - ESPN
1.626 million viewers, #17; 0.850 million adults 18-49 (0.67 rating), #18

Wahlburgers (10:30) - A&E
1.573 million viewers, #18; 0.974 million adults 18-49 (0.77 rating), #16

Wahlburgers (10:00) - A&E
1.532 million viewers, #19; 0.897 million adults 18-49 (0.71 rating), #17

The Real World (10:00) - MTV
1.438 million viewers, #20; 1.050 million adults 18-49 (0.83 rating), #15

WWE Main Event (8:00) - ION
1.396 million viewers, #21; 0.402 million adults 18-49 (0.32 rating), #32

Workaholics (10:00) - Comedy Central
1.387 million viewers, #22; 1.130 million adults 18-49 (0.89 rating), #13

Psych (9:00) - USA
1.357 million viewers, #23; 0.622 million adults 18-49 (0.49 rating), #23

Men at Work (10:00) - TBS
1.319 million viewers, #24; 0.753 million adults 18-49 (0.59 rating), #19

The Americans (10:00) - FX
1.266 million viewers, #25; 0.489 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #28

Restaurant: Impossible (10:00) - Food
1.109 million viewers, #26; 0.500 million adults 18-49 (0.39 rating), #27

Bring It! (10:00) - Lifetime
1.093 million viewers, #27; 0.554 million adults 18-49 (0.44 rating), #25

House of Horrors: Kidnapped (10:00) - ID
1.029 million viewers, #28; 0.362 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #33

Preachers' Daughters (9:00) - Lifetime
0.895 million viewers, #29; 0.455 million adults 18-49 (0.36 rating), #31

Men at Work (10:30) - TBS
0.892 million viewers, #30; 0.505 million adults 18-49 (0.40 rating), #26

Hoarding: Buried Alive (9:00) - TLC
0.866 million viewers, #31; 0.333 million adults 18-49 (0.26 rating), #37

Melissa & Joey (8:00) - ABC Family
0.863 million viewers, #32; 0.486 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #29

Broad City (10:30) - Comedy Central
0.854 million viewers, #33; 0.711 million adults 18-49 (0.56 rating), #22

My Dirty Little Secret (9:00)* - ID
0.839 million viewers, #34; 0.293 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #38

Flipping Out (10:00) - Bravo
0.802 million viewers, #35; 0.355 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #35

Baby Daddy (8:30) - ABC Family
0.796 million viewers, #36; 0.480 million adults 18-49 (0.38 rating), #30

The Fabulous Life of (10:00) - VH1
0.563 million viewers, #37; 0.358 million adults 18-49 (0.28 rating), #34

Toy Hunter (9:00) - Travel
0.550 million viewers, #38; 0.346 million adults 18-49 (0.27 rating), #36

The Soup (10:00)* - E!
0.495 million viewers, #39; 0.289 million adults 18-49 (0.23 rating), #39

Love Thy Neighbor (9:00)* - OWN
0.487 million viewers, #40; 0.166 million adults 18-49 (0.13 rating), #43

NHL Regular Season: Bruins at Canadiens* - NBCSN
0.453 million viewers, #41; 0.274 million adults 18-49 (0.22 rating), #40

Upload with Shaquille O'Neal (10:30)* - truTV
0.433 million viewers, #42; 0.236 million adults 18-49 (0.19 rating), #41

Mind of a Man (10:00, 60 Minutes)* - GSN
0.424 million viewers, #43; 0.153 million adults 18-49 (0.12 rating), #44

Backroad Gold (9:30)* - Travel
0.402 million viewers, #44; 0.208 million adults 18-49 (0.16 rating), #42

The Face (10:00)* - Oxygen
0.266 million viewers, #45; 0.141 million adults 18-49 (0.11 rating), #45

Unsung Hollywood (10:00)* - TV One
0.239 million viewers, #46; 0.099 million adults 18-49 (0.08 rating), #46

Strip the City (10:00)* - Science
0.224 million viewers, #47; 0.081 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #47

Bulloch Family Ranch (9:00)* - UP
0.224 million viewers, #48; 0.047 million adults 18-49 (0.04 rating), #50

Wild Grinders (8:30)* - Nicktoons
0.147 million viewers, #49; 0.027 million adults 18-49 (0.02 rating), #51

Legit (10:00)* - FXX
0.127 million viewers, #50; 0.077 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #48

Ali G: Rezurection (10:30)* - FXX
0.127 million viewers, #51; 0.077 million adults 18-49 (0.06 rating), #49

Jim Rome on Showtime (9:00)* - Showtime
0.047 million viewers, #52; 0.018 million adults 18-49 (0.01 rating), #53

Horseplayers (9:00)* - Esquire
0.043 million viewers, #53; 0.019 million adults 18-49 (0.01 rating), #52

[EDITOR'S NOTE: * denotes individual program numbers were not available so the network's primetime average is listed]

Source: Nielsen Media Research





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